Geocoding practicesin cancer registries

Geocoding Health Data: The Use of Geographic Codes in Cancer Prevention and Control, Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 111-125

  Abe, Toshi ^a   Stinchcomb, David G ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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